well welcome back you know if you feel
like you're always operating in
emergency mode that can take a toll on
your mind your body and of course
relationships we all need a way to
escape the stresses of life so today I'm
taking you to the Zen den for motivation
Monday meditation style Courtney welcome
to the Zen den I love it it's so
beautiful thank you I'm so glad you're
here
this is gonna be a really different
motivation Monday motivation Monday is
usually about exercise and nutrition and
more kind of active doing and today it's
gonna be more about clothing and setting
ourselves up for success for a more
mindful balanced week how does that
sound it sounds great
how do we get started sometimes people
feel intimidated about meditation and
mindfulness right I know and I did
before I knew what I was doing too
because it seems really complicated but
we don't have to over complicate it in
our minds there's really simple things
so one simple thing that you can do all
week long or take mindful pauses
throughout your day we can call them
peacefinder moments because peacefinder
practices I call them just simply 1
minute meditation it's all about being
present centered and balanced throughout
the day it's taken alley cats years to
learn how to meditate but now she's
teaching others we're gonna do this in
TV time okay where we're gonna just
spend a couple of seconds practicing but
when you're in the real world I want you
to give it at least a minute so what
we're gonna do first is we're gonna
match our inhale and exhale and when we
do this we're gonna simply inhale to a
count of three and exhale to a count of
three that you're gonna count silently
in your head so close your eyes and just
start taking some nice long deep breaths
in and out of your nose sitting up nice
and straight
and on the next one I want you to inhale
to that silent count of three and exhale
to that
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and you can open your eyes so we just
did three cycles there but how do you
feel do you feel more relaxed already
I do I know it's gonna sound crazy but I
do I almost feel like it was a release
just the pressure of the day the stress
of the day is sort of lessened
absolutely so think about this tool do
you now have at your fingertips to use
any time you need to you can do this in
a meeting if you're feeling stressed in
carpool line when you're getting ready
to pick up your kid so that you can be
your most centered self don't grab for
that phone leave it there and just reach
for your breath and create a mindful
cause and your day I think it's a great
tool to have something else that you
love to do is having gratitude talk to
us about that so my favorite tip for
gratitude is to have a little card like
this tape it to your bathroom mirror
right where you brush your teeth
so it's taped to mine and when I see it
in the morning and the evening I just
think of a few things I'm grateful for
so I'm starting and ending the day with
gratitude because the more you practice
gratitude the more the universe gives
you to be grateful for and the bigger
those wonderful things feel in our life
because what we put our attention on
gets bigger so if we focus on gratitude
our life is gonna feel more joyful we
are more wonderful Allie is realistic
and knows we all will continue to get
stressed
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but by using these simple techniques the
stress load can be limited you are gonna
get stressed like any human being but
you've recover so much quicker
and as special thanks to alley cats a
certified meditation teacher and a
mindfulness coach and also a boy mama
you can keep up with Ali on Instagram or
her website at Hot Mess to mindful mom